Lower Derwent NNR

On Friday evening I attended the annual Lower Derwent Valley NNR fieldworkers meeting in Skipwith organised by Natural England. It was a great opportunity to talk with some of the volunteers who are doing work on our local National Nature Reserve and to hear about some of their activities such as the whimbrel project. I was also able to let them know about the surveys that will be happening in the region this year. The new atlas work was especially of interest and tetrads for the Breeding Plover Survey this spring are concentrated around the valley so their help on this survey will be invaluable.